https://repositorio.ufba.br/handle/ri/1469
Tipo: | Artigo de Periódico |
Título: | Giardia duodenalis infection: risk factors for children living in sub-standard settlements in Brazil |
Título(s) alternativo(s): | Cadernos de Saúde Pública |
Autor(es): | Teixeira, Júlio César Heller, Léo Barreto, Mauricio Lima |
Autor(es): | Teixeira, Júlio César Heller, Léo Barreto, Mauricio Lima |
Abstract: | The objective of the present study was to characterize Giardia duodenalis infection among children living in sub-standard settlement areas in the municipality of Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. The cross-sectional epidemiological study included 590 children from 1 to 5 years of age. Data were collected from one child per selected family through home interviews with the parent or guardian and parasitological examination of stool samples. Thirty-one putative risk factors concerning family structure, socioeconomic status, and environmental factors were analyzed by multivariate logistic regression. Prevalence of G. duodenalis infection was 18% (106 children). Four potential risk factors were heavily associated with G. duodenalis infection: number of under-five children in the same household, index child’s birth order, existence of a bathroom in the home, and drinking water source. |
Palavras-chave: | Giardia Environmental Health Water Sewage Hygiene |
URI: | http://www.repositorio.ufba.br/ri/handle/ri/1469 |
Data do documento: | 2007 |
Aparece nas coleções: | Artigo Publicado em Periódico Nacional (ISC) |
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